Harlan Elementary School

🏈🐉 Harlan 3rd/4th grade football team hit the road this week and battled the Panthers with heart and hustle. Congratulations to Ben Parsons for a 65-yard touchdown and to Kash Bailey for the two-point conversion! Proud of our Dragons and the teamwork they showed! #HarlanDragons

🏆🗓️ 🐲Congratulations to 3rd grade for winning the attendance banners the month of August! Mrs. Goss's 3rd-grade homeroom achieved 99% attendance-the highest in the school! This level of consistency helps every student learn and grow. Congratulations to our students and their families for making attendance a priority. How do you help your child stay on track? Share tips in the comments! 🚙💨 #AttendanceChampions #3rdGrade #AugustAttendance #ProudSchool

🧫🌳🔥♻️🦝 Harlan Elementary 4th graders spent the day at Martins Fork Lake today attending the 4H Environmental Camp! From water testing to habitat exploration and wildlife observation, they learned by doing and practiced environmental stewardship. We're so proud of their curiosity and teamwork Share your favorite moment or a new fact you learned about our local ecosystem in the comments! #4H #MartinsForkLake #EnvironmentalCamp #4thGrade #NatureEducation

💫Our teachers have had an excellent training day with Capturing Kids' Hearts. As a National Rising Star School, we've learned invaluable strategies and made exciting plans to engage our students' hearts and minds this school year. Together, we’re ready to lead and inspire our students to reach new heights! It’s going to be a fantastic year ahead! 💚🐉 #CapturingKidsHearts #RisingStarSchool #EveryDragonEveryDay #FamilyofDragons

Just a reminder: there will be NO SCHOOL for Harlan Independent Schools on Monday, September 1st, in honor of Labor Day, and Tuesday, September 2nd, for a teacher in-service day. 🐉

Attention: There will be no Dragons Beyond the Bell today. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. 🐉🔔

🐉👟Congratulations to our Cross Country team! We had several runners place! High School Race: Tanner Daniels led the boys' varsity with a first-place finish. Excited to see what this boys varsity team will do this season. Middle School Race: Zoë Lawson, 5th place, and Aiden Burnette, 9th place led our middle school runners Elementary Races: MJ Taylor took 1st place for the 1st through 3rd-grade girls! Close by were Shelby Parsons, 4th place, and Lucy Miller, 9th place. Emmett Alred led the 1st-3rd-grade boys today with a 9th-place finish. Julianne Miller crushed the 4th-6th-grade girls' race with a 3rd-place finish. Braxton Sizemore powered through the rainstorm and gained a 5th-place finish for the 4th-6th-grade boys!

🏀 Home game for our HES and HMS Girls' basketball teams!! 🏀 Come out tonight and support our Lady Dragons as they take on the Barbourville Lady Tigers beginning with the 3/4 grade game at 6:00 PM. 5/6 and 7/8 grade games will follow!! Let's go, Lady Dragons!!

✨🔬 Science Fun in Mrs. Varner’s Class! 🔬✨ This week, our young scientists put the scientific method into action with the Dancing Raisins experiment! 🥤🍇 Students made predictions, observed carefully with their 5 senses, and collected data about what happened when raisins were placed in a fizzy liquid. They were amazed to see the raisins sink… and then dance their way back up to the top! 🎉 Our scientists are not only learning how to observe, record, and collect data, but also how to think like real researchers. Proud of all their hard work and curiosity! 🌟 #FutureScientists #ScientificMethod #LearningIsFun

🧘🏽‍♀️ Starting the school year with calm and focus! Harlan Elementary Physical Education kicked off Week 1 with kid-friendly yoga—breathing, balance poses, and simple flows to wake up bodies and minds. Great effort from all the students! #HarlanElementary #YogaInPE #EveryStudentEveryDay

👯‍♀️💚At Harlan Elementary, it is important to build a great school culture! Students in Miss Kat's class talked about being a good friend, how their class is a family, and what makes up bloom and wilt. They made friendship bracelets to end the lesson!

🐉🏈📣Harlan 3rd/4th grade football team had their first home game this evening! The dragons fell to visiting Leslie County.

🚨 HOME Football Game!! 🏈 Tonight the HES and HMS Dragons will host the Leslie County Eagles!! 3/4 grade kickoff begins at 5:30 PM, with both 5/6 and 7/8 grade games to follow!! #GOBIGGREEN #FamilyofDragons

The Harlan FRYSC Advisory Council will meet on the following dates for the 25-26 school year.  All meetings will be held in the HISD Central Office and are open to the public.  Parents, guardians, and community members are welcome to attend.  For more information, contact FRYSC Coordinator Mrs. Adams at cecilia.adams@harlanind.kyschools.us or 606-573-8700, option 6.  

⛹️‍♀️ Best of luck to our Lady Dragons as they are traveling to Middlesboro this evening to take on the Lady Jackets!! 🏀 3/4 grade tip-off will begin at 6:00 PM with both 5/6 grade and 7/8 grade games to follow!! Go Big Green!! #LadyDragonBasketball #FamilyofDragons

📢Don’t miss out on Summer EBT support. If you haven’t received Summer EBT yet, there’s still time! Apply by August 15th. ☀️

The Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (SEBT) program helps reduce hunger and food insecurity by providing eligible school-aged children with benefits to buy groceries during the summer months when school meals aren’t available.

👦👧 Who’s Automatically Eligible?
If students are currently enrolled in SNAP, KTAP, Kinship Care, or certain income-based forms of Medicaid for at least one month since July 1, 2024, they should already be enrolled. However, kids not enrolled in these programs from households with incomes at or below the 185% poverty level are eligible but need to apply.

📝 Need to Apply?
If your student hasn’t received SNAP, KTAP, or Kinship Care since July 1, 2024, you’ll need to apply starting October 1, 2024 at:

https://KYSEBT.ky.gov/ or through https://kynect.ky.gov/benefits/

💳 How Benefits Are Received:
If you’re already receiving benefits, SEBT will be added to your existing EBT card. Otherwise, a new card will be mailed to you.

🛒 What Can You Buy?
Almost any grocery item—except hot, ready-to-eat foods. SEBT does not cover tobacco, alcohol, pet food, or non-food items.

Visit the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (https://www.chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dcbs/dfs/pages/sebt.aspx) for more info!

🚨 Home Game Alert!! 🏀 The HES and HMS Lady Dragons will host the Williamsburg Lady Jackets this evening at HHS! The 3/4 grade will play at 6:00 PM, with 5/6 grade and 7/8 grade games to follow!! Wear your green and come support these ladies this evening!! #WeAreHarlan #FamilyofDragons #MoreThanASchool #GOBIGGREEN

It's GAMEDAY for the Lady Dragons!! The Lady Dragons will travel to Bell Central to take on the Lady Bulldogs with 3/4 grade action beginning at 5:00 PM. 5/6 and 7/8 grade games are to follow. We wish you the best of luck, ladies!! #FamilyofDragons #MoreThanASchool #GoBigGreen